Dale Stays Hot in Loss to Michigan-Dearborn

UPLAND, Ind. – On the heels of a 12-point outing for Jackson Dale in TU's win at Siena Heights on Wednesday, the junior turned in another big outing with 11 more points on Saturday. Dale's effort was not enough however, as No. 9 Taylor was upset by Michigan-Dearborn in a 19-15 defeat.

Dale ended the day with six goals, five assists and eight ground balls and the Trojan attack was further powered by two goals each from AJ Harris, Jack Kaiser and Henry Cooper. Harris also added three assists and five ground balls, with Cooper dishing out two assists.

Lucas Pacer also continued to put up big numbers, logging nine ground balls and three more caused turnovers to lead the TU defense.

Those individual performances were not enough for an injury-depleted Taylor squad however, as the Trojans struck for three goals in the first three minutes before losing control of the game.

UMD (5-5, 2-3 WHAC) countered TU's fast start with eight of the next nine goals to close the period with an 8-4 cushion. The Wolverines feasted on multiple TU penalties, netting four man-up scores in the first period with three coming during a game-changing three-minute non-releasable penalty on the Purple and Gray.

After seemingly finding its footing in the second, Taylor again saw a rash of unforced errors allow the guests to balloon their lead. This time the Wolverines pushed the spread with 16-9 with the first four scores of the second half.

Taylor could never get any closer than four goals the rest of the way, falling for a third-straight time at Wheeler Field with a 19-15 setback.

No. 9 Taylor (6-4, 2-3 WHAC) will look to snap that skid on Wednesday, April 1 at 3:00 pm when it hosts No. 1 Madonna (9-1, 5-0 WHAC).